Endorse Website Identity

Website identity is very important for user security. Phishing and malware sites are now using encryption to hide among legitimate websites – and they are using anonymous, Domain Validated (DV) certificates to avoid being identified. For more information, click here. Our petition to the leading browsers asks them to recognize the importance of website identity for user security, to distinguish certificates that include confirmed website identity information (OV and EV certificates) from anonymous certificates (DV), to adopt common, universal browser UI security indicators showing identity, and to educate users in what the indicators mean. The text of Website Identity Principles is shown below.

PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT OF WEBSITE IDENTITY PRINCIPLES

We, the undersigned organizations, strongly support the display of website identity for user security, and we specifically endorse the following website identity principles:

Browsers should adopt a common set of browser UI security indicators for each certificate type, and should educate users on what the differences are to promote user security.

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YES, my organization endorses the Website Identity Principles above. You may add my organization’s name and logo to your list of supporters, and you may publicly circulate and publish the list to help achieve our shared goals.

YES, I endorse the Website Identity Principles above. You may add my name to your list of supporters, and you may publicly circulate and publish the list to help achieve our shared goals.

Please fill in the following fields to complete your endorsement (* fields are required). If you have questions, contact us at identity@casecurity.org.